MDC is a recreational dance school based in Rappahannock County VA, with a mission to teach dance and movement performance from different genre, as an educational curriculum for all. Rosemond, because they sought to fill the void in the northern Shenandoah region that has suffered from a lack of dance education taught by trained and experienced professionals.
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We are a recreational dance school, based in Rappahannock County, that specializes in teaching dance and movement as an educational curriculum. Such training requires the teacher to instill discipline and focus in a person, so that they learn to move in rhythm in time and through space with a sense of joy. If you can move, you are already dancing.” According to this principle, all students who study with us will be referred to as “dancers” while in the studio. Our mission is to train dance in a recreational format, but maintaining the current standard of training that is aligned with professionalism in dance today. Though, dance is a performing art form it is also a social one. We maintain a sense that, through discipline of training, dancing is fun. The interaction between teacher and student is important, so we will also focus upon the task at hand: learning to dance. Simply put: we want you and/or your family to learn as much as you can about dance as a process, discipline and practice but with a sense of joy and fun. We are not as concerned about absolute perfection as we are teaching students the foundation of positions, movements, forms, technique and artistry, so they may learn to release their bodies in space with facility and ease. CLASS SCHEDULE:
MONDAYS:
10-11:30am. Int/Beg Adult/Teen Classical Ballet. Instructor: Philip S. Rosemond)
TUESDAYS:
10:15-11am Therapeutic Movement Class. Instructors: Philip S. Rosemond (on-hold thru C19 crisis.)
5:30-7pm: Adult/Teen Ballet 2 (Beginning/Intermediate). Rosemond
WEDNESDAYS:
10-11:30am. Rosemond)
3:30-4:30pm, Foundations of Dance & Movement for the Young Child: AGES: 6-9 for: Rapp publ schools etc.
4:30-5:30pm, Foundations of Dance & Movement for the Young Child: AGES: 6-9 for: Wakefield Schl, CCLC etc. THURSDAYS:
9:30 – 11am: Therapeutic Movement Class. Instructors: Anne Williams & Philip S. Rosemond
3:30-4:15pm Foundations of Dance & Movement for the Young Child: AGES: 4-6, Class 1 for: Rapp publ schools etc. Kitty Keyser (held in MPT dance studio.)
4:15-5:00pm Foundations of Dance & Movement for the Young Child: AGES: 4-6, Class 2 for: Wakefield Schl, CCLC etc. (2) Kitty Keyser (held in MPT dance studio.)
4:30 - 5:30pm: Teen Beginning Ballet, ages 13 to 18. Instructor: Anne Williams.
5:30-7pm: Adult/Teen Ballet 2 (Beginning/Intermediate). Rosemond
FRIDAYS:
4:30-530, Hip Hop Ages 7-12 Instructor: Carmen Grayson
5:30-6:30, Hip Hop Ages 13+ Instructor: Carmen Grayson
SATURDAYS:
10-11:30am Int/Beg Adult/Teen Classical Ballet. Rosemond)
11-11:30am Absolute Beg Adult/Teen Classical Ballet. Rosemond)
Teachers:
Director, Anne Williams, MPT, is the owner of Mountainside Physical Therapy and Lakeside Manual PT. She has a degree in Dance from Radford University, and a Masters in Physical Therapy. Artistic Director, Philip Rosemond, was a full time professional dancer for 21 years, with 8 ballet and 3 modern dance companies. He has been teaching since 1978. He has a Bachelors in dance education, performance, composition and direction, from the U of Cincinnati plus years of ongoing pedagogy with his mentors. He also is a certified teach in yoga, floor work & cross training methods, leads seminars and consults in fine art curating, aesthetics and dance, culture, and objectives training & mindfulness for artists. Kitty Keyser teaches Creative Dance & Movement for Children. She has been a Certified Waldorf Teacher for 18 yrs. & is an early childhood specialist, with 30 years of experience teaching movement and dance. She is a Virginia licensed daycare provider. Carmen Lopez Grayson has three years of Fitness and Dance training from Brigham Young University Dance Department where she earned her Bachelors degree. She won the Balloon Silver Competition Award in 2005. She has been a Fitness and Wellness coach for 5 years. Carmen is a Nutrition Certified Coach, under Beachbody. She earned her MS degree from Clemson University Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.
